dumbo arts fest 2013

While this year's D.U.M.B.O. Arts Fest had some really great installations, it fell a little short compared to last year's.

We still had a great time though and glad we went.

This was pretty cool -- An image of birds on a telephone wire was projected onto several walls in the corner of a warehouse, and when you called the number at the bottom left, you got a recording of birds squawking and the birds flew off the wire in the projection. 

super moon over brooklyn

not to be confused with the blue moon over brooklyn, i took this pic of the super moon from my roof on june 23, 2013.

dead horse bay

snow in bed-stuy

i'm normally not a huge fan of snow. i don't mind it while it's coming down (snow globe!), and i LOVE a full on blizzard, but the aftermath of a typical snow in brooklyn is messy and depressing. the streets get plowed and create mountains of ice that block your car in, there are slush puddles of street runoff and garbage at every corner that freeze at night, and drifts on the sidewalk that at best conceal dog urine and feces, and at worst a dead body. (it's brooklyn, use some imagination.)

fortunately this past snow was the best possible scenario. it came down hard, and was wet enough to stick to every surface, seemingly defying gravity... and then, just when it started to get messy, the sun came out and melted it all away.

blue skies at morning

sunrise from my apt in brooklyn

coney island; 1 day after athena, 10 days after sandy

sandy.

north brooklyn, the morning after.

cemeteries

a few pics from mt lebanon, cypress hills, and mt carmel cemeteries.

DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn

A few shots of my favorite installations at dumbo arts festival

silhouettes of us by jake kader, leonel valle, and jennifer liseo

blue moon in brooklyn

...let me play among the stars...



(taken from my window in brooklyn on the night of a blue moon.)

Coney Island, at Night and in the Fog

The Howard E. and Jessie Jones House, Bay Ridge, NY

red hook.

lobster pound

irene.

williamsburg walks 2011

new york skyline, 2004.

brooklyn botanical gardens

fourth of july

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel; The Oldest Subway Tunnel in the World

built in 1844, the atlantic avenue tunnel is the oldest subway tunnel in the world. a history shrouded in myth, speculation and blatant lies kept the tunnel a mystery until 1980, when it was rediscovered. partially renovated in 1982, it is now open to the public once a month for tours given by the brooklyn historical railway association.

to get into the tunnel, you have to climb into a manhole that's literally in the middle of a busy brooklyn intersection.

southside williamsburg and verrazano bridge.

i'm growing pretty fond of this view.